DR:
I hate banks.
Mike Geary Memphis
On Jan 11, 2006, at 9:34 AM, david ritchie wrote:
I went here thinking I'd like to know who Tunstall is and how she sounds and was distracted by the fellow who delivers the subject line. Brill. If only Erin were here to enjoy it.
http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=46722006
The ad hasn't come back up and I can't find another source on the web, so I'll have to describe why I bothered you all with it. It was one of those little films. First you saw a woman who talked about one or another of the virtues of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Lovely accent, but I've already forgotten what she said. And then came a strapping fellow, standing in a fruit market, explaining that while other banks are closing their small branches, the RBS is keeping them and even opening more. The punch line--and to really enjoy it you have to dress the man as Rob Roy and add a sword--is, "I like to look someone in the eye when I'm talking about money."
Why is it funny? Think how banking transactions go--the line, the shuffle, the handing over of some stupid piece of paper with account numbers and stuff, all filled out--it's so "Oliver Twist." "Please, Miss, May I have some more money?"
"Well, have you been good?"
I hate banks. I like to go up to a machine get money from an automatic counting device that never makes errors. But I wouldn't mind standing in line behind the fellow in the ad. Think Sean Connery, "Come on now laddie, I'm going to ask you once and I'm going to ask you nicely. I'd like some of my money. Step smartly now, we've not got all day... And look me in the eye when you hand it over."
David Ritchie Portland, Oregon
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